iModeler Aviation

Building, painting and finishing scale aircraft models.

This is Fox One: Outstadning!

Finally the sun came out over the Gilbert Islands. After a tropical hurricane and heavy rains, the weather improved and flights resumed. After a short briefing, where the group commander known under the nickname "The Old Guy" [...]

Dora Wings 1/48 P-35

The Airplane: The P-35 was a military development of the Seversky SEV-3 three- seat amphibian, designed by Alexander Kartveli, Seversky's chief designer and was Alexander P. de Seversky's first aircraft. The SEV-3 flew in June 1933 and was [...]

Tamiya 1/48 J2M3 Jack

This is a 50 year old kit but it holds up pretty well. It has raised panel lines but they were easily re-scrible. Decals are a bit thick but are nice none the less. Here's the album: (link)

CC-130J Canadian Super Hercules RCAF Built from Scratch

This is the CC-130J Super Hercules, most modern variant of the Legacy Hercules Transport Aircraft, built and designed by Lockheed Martin. I built this one from pine, engraved with a wood burner. Flaps are down, at takeoff position, wheels [...]

1/48 Otaki FW190A-8 with help from DML, Airfix, and Tamiya

This is one of those older kits that you buy, and figure you could do something with it, then realize you should have just bought another of the newer kits instead. However, living on an island with no hobby shop, and not being able to [...]

Tamiya FW190A-4 conversion

Hi all, I seem to have picked up a few 190's over the years. This one is the Tamiya FW190A3 converted to an A-4. This airframe makes that conversion pretty easy, as all that is needed is to add an antenna mast on the tailfin. This is one [...]

1/48 Airfix Hawker Hurricane Mk.Ib [Trop]

My first completion for 2022, actually started in late 2021 but couldn't finalize the build until now. The kit I used is Airfix's boxing of the Sea Hurricane but all the parts are there to do a Trop version. You do a little surgery add the [...]

Guerre d'Algérie...1/48 Vought F4U-7 Corsair, Aviation Navale

After the P-40K, my dad has already finished the next bird in 2022. Revell boxing of the Hasegawa F4U-7 kit, decals from MDC(Model Design Constructions) and the kit, wheels from Reskit, camo done with Gunze H54 Navy Blue mixed with a touch [...]

1/48 Hasegawa Macchi 205

When Hasegawa released the MC 202 and 205 kits in the '90's they unfortunately were a combination of features of of both aircraft, neither completely correct. The corrections to make the 205 kit more accurate are not really difficult and [...]

Video: New tool Zvezda 1/35 scale Military Van UAZ 3909 (Video preview)

Zvezda kit No:3644 UAZ 3909 This is a very well-detailed Russian military van in 1/35 scale, excellent kit for dioramas etc.